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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANK DICKSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankdickinson@mail.kz>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:20:51 -0800
Subject: MANY THANKS.




Hello Friend,

My name is Mr.frank dickson. I work in the credit accounts Department of Agricultural Development Bank, Ghana. I write you this proposal with due respect, trust and humility; this is in Respect of a foreign customer account holder with our bank, who died in a brief illness last two year ending.Sir, since the death of this our Customer, who was a gold trade miner here in Ghana,

I have kept a close watch of his account records and since then nobody has ever come to claim or withdrawn the money from his a/c as next of kin to the late gold miner that had three million, one hundred and twenty thousand united state dollars (US$3,120,000.00) in his sundry fixed deposit account.

At this point his Banking information are still with me considering my position as his personal accounting officer, but as a worker of this Bank and a Ghanaian citizen, I cannot directly claim, or withdraw this funds, so my contacting you Based on the reason that nobody has come forward to claim the deposit, I hereby ask for your cooperation in using your name as the next of kin to the beneficiary to send these funds out to a foreign offshore bank a/c in your country.

What is required of you is only to send an application letter to the Bank director with information I will provide to you officially. Laying claims, and transfer of the deposit funds as next of kin to your destination Bank account, I am ready to negotiate the mode of sharing with you.

I will visit your country for my own share, after successful transfer of the funds. I will not fail to bring to your notice, that this
transaction is 100% hitch-free and that there is absolutely no risk involve. All I require is your honest co-operation, a guarantee of your sincerity to enable us conclude this deal.

However the nature of this transaction demands that you have to keep it absolutely confidential. email me {frankindickinson@mail.kz} or call me on +233541734920 i await your response.

Best Regard,
Mr.frank Dickson.


























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